Correct. The answer is d. This passage from Mrs. M. H. A. provides evidence of the widespread unemployment of men, who were typically viewed as the major breadwinners. Women workers also experienced unemployment but at substantially lower rates than men.

Incorrect. The answer is d. This passage from Mrs. M. H. A. provides evidence of the widespread unemployment of men, who were typically viewed as the major breadwinners. Women workers also experienced unemployment but at substantially lower rates than men.

Correct. The answer is b. The 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act addressed complaints like those outlined in this letter by mandating a maximum 44-hour seven-day workweek, establishing a national minimum wage, guaranteeing “time-and-a-half” for overtime in certain jobs, and prohibiting most child labor.

Incorrect. The answer is b. The 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act addressed complaints like those outlined in this letter by mandating a maximum 44-hour seven-day workweek, establishing a national minimum wage, guaranteeing “time-and-a-half” for overtime in certain jobs, and prohibiting most child labor.

Correct. The answer is c. In order to respond to the problem of poverty among the elderly in the United States, the Roosevelt administration instituted an old-age pension as part of the Social Security Act of 1935.

Incorrect. The answer is c. In order to respond to the problem of poverty among the elderly in the United States, the Roosevelt administration instituted an old-age pension as part of the Social Security Act of 1935.

Correct. The answer is b. The writer of this letter objects to the Social Security program and to the expansion of the federal state for the purpose of protecting the basic welfare of citizens.

Incorrect. The answer is b. The writer of this letter objects to the Social Security program and to the expansion of the federal state for the purpose of protecting the basic welfare of citizens.

Correct. The answer is c. The writer of this letter was criticizing social welfare programs that provided payments to unemployed workers. She suggested that such programs only served to help the lazy and shiftless, who then had no incentive to work for pay.

Incorrect. The answer is c. The writer of this letter was criticizing social welfare programs that provided payments to unemployed workers. She suggested that such programs only served to help the lazy and shiftless, who then had no incentive to work for pay.